Macquarie Asset Management Client experience
Client experience At Macquarie Asset Management, we focus on generating positive outcomes and seek to deliver superior results over the long term for our clients, portfolio companies, and communities.

Capabilities

Agriculture

We have a track record of delivering investment strategies that seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns, and are helping develop solutions to solve global food, climate and biodiversity challenges. 

~4.6m

hectares of farmland

15+ years

history in agricultural assets

$A4.8b

assets under management1

Addressing a critical need

Population growth, rising household incomes in developing regions and a changing climate are putting pressure on the world’s finite landscapes to produce more food while delivering better environmental outcomes. We build and manage diversified asset portfolios and businesses that seek to address this critical need.

Leveraging our strengths

We are a proven agriculture and natural assets manager with over 15 years’ experience. As active asset managers, we concentrate on enhancing productivity, protecting biodiversity and lowering carbon emissions across our portfolios.

Providing portfolio solutions in agriculture

Our investment strategies seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns. We have a track record of building and managing large-scale operating platforms by executing on complex opportunities and optimising operations. 

Acting on a climate agenda

Our scale and reach provide unique opportunities to pioneer new approaches. We have led industry sustainability initiatives to develop action plans that seek to reduce emissions, promote biodiversity and foster conservation – working closely with our portfolio companies to implement these plans.

Our approach to Sustainability

Portfolio highlights

Explore our portfolio

Cowal Agriculture
Asia-Pacific | Agriculture

Cowal Agriculture is an Australian company in Queensland's Central Highlands, specialising in high-quality crops like cotton, sorghum, wheat, chickpeas, and mung beans. They prioritise sustainable, profitable farming, high yields, and community involvement.

Learn more about Cowal Agriculture

Cubbie Ag
Asia-Pacific | Agriculture

Cubbie Ag, known for Cubbie Station, is a major Australian irrigated agricultural enterprise specializing in cotton, alongside crops like wheat, sorghum, and chickpeas. It focuses on sustainability, operates a ginnery, and engages in renewable energy initiatives. 

Learn more about Cubbie Ag
The market sees value in active management of the land for traditional food and fibre production, and for sustainability - including the protection and enhancement of the natural environment.”

Colin Rigg
Head of Agriculture, ANZ

As at 31 March 2025.
  1. MAM defines assets under management as proportionate enterprise value, calculated as proportionate net debt and equity value.

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